huey

See also: Huey

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Derived from Huey, applied by extension to all helicopters, during the Vietnam War.

Noun

huey (plural hueys)

1. (US, slang, dated) A helicopter.

Etymology 2

Noun

huey (plural hueys)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete, tramps' slang) A town or village.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• Yueh, Yüeh

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

huēy (inanimate)

1. Alternative spelling of huēyi

References

• James Lockhart (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford University Press, page 218